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Stéphane Audran

Stéphane Audran

Actor · Died March 27, 2018, aged 85 · Versailles, Seine-et-Oise, France

Stéphane Audran (born Colette Suzanne Jeannine Dacheville; November 8, 1932 – March 27, 2018) was a French film and television actress. Best known for her performances in Oscar-winning movies such as The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and Babette's Feast (1987), and in critically acclaimed films like The Big Red One (1980) and Violette Nozière (1978), she became mostly associated with haughty bourgeois women roles. She married French director and screenwriter Claude Chabrol in 1964, after a short marriage to the French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant. Her son by her marriage to Chabrol (which ended in 1980) is the French actor Thomas Chabrol (born in 1963). Her first major role was in Chabrol's film Les Cousins (1959). She has since appeared in most of Chabrol's films. Some of the more noteworthy of his films Audran has appeared in are Les Bonnes Femmes (1960), La Femme Infidèle (1968), Les Biches (1968) as a rich lesbian who becomes involved in a ménage à trois (she first gained notice in this), Le Boucher (1970) as a school teacher who falls in love with a murderous butcher, Juste Avant La Nuit (1971), and Violette Nozière (1978). She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in Les Biches at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. She also appeared in the first film of Éric Rohmer (Signe du Lion), and in films by Jean Delannoy (La Peau de Torpedo), Gabriel Axel (Babette's Feast, as the mysterious cook, Babette), Bertrand Tavernier (Coup de Torchon, as the wife of the cop turned serial killer) and Samuel Fuller (The Big Red One). The most celebrated of her non-Chabrol films was Luis Buñuel's Oscar-winning Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972) as Alice Senechal. Also appearing in English-language productions, Audran has appeared in American features like The Black Bird (1975), and in TV serials like Brideshead Revisited (1981), Mistral's Daughter (1984) and The Sun Also Rises (1984). Audran won a French César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Violette Nozière (1978) and British Film Academy award for Just Before Nightfall (1975). Description above from the Wikipedia article Stéphane Audran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Born
November 8, 1932
Died
March 27, 2018 (aged 85)
From
Versailles, Seine-et-Oise, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
52 on MovieCove · 104 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 19% in 30 days

What are Stéphane Audran's films like?

Across their 45 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Comedy11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
27%
Bonds
23%
Self
20%
Power
12%
Survival
9%
Ideas
6%
Society
4%
Deception10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession7 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal6 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 44 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 12 · Serious 11 · Dark 21

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 16 · Stylized 21 · Heightened 7

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 11 · Charged 20 · Intense 13

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 17 · Shifting 25 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 5

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 25 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 11 · Engaged 28 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 11 · Affecting 20 · Heavy 13

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 19 · Open-ended 16 · Ambiguous 9

Roles they play

18 analyzed roles

Usually the Shapeshifter: 4 of 18 analyzed roles.

Shapeshifter
4 of 18
Hero
4 of 18
Threshold guardian
3 of 18
Ally
3 of 18
Shadow
2 of 18
Mentor
2 of 18
Show the 18 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
31
Melancholic
23
Contemplative
10
Absurd
9
Dread
7
Other
34

How their films linger

Unsettling21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 15 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous14

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Stéphane Audran's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 52 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Stéphane Audran's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

104 credits, 52 with a MovieCove page; 13 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Other Side of the Wind(2018)

    as Stéphane Audran

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • La fille de Monaco(2008)

    as Édith Lassalle

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Condor Mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 4 episodes · as Louise Bonnier, ancienne employée de la DDASS

  • The Big Red One: The Reconstruction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Walloon

  • La Battante (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 4 episodes · as Edwige Fournier

  • Sissi, the Rebellious Empress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Sophie

  • My Wife Maurice(2002)

    as Jacqueline Boisdain

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • J'ai faim !!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Gaby

  • The Blue Bicycle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 3 episodes · as Lisa Montpleynet

  • Lulu Kreutz's Picnic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Lulu Kreutz

  • Beautiful Mother(1999)

    as Brigitte

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Madeline(1998)

    as Lady Marie Covington

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Arlette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Diane

  • Petit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Françoise

  • Maximum Risk(1996)

    as Chantal

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Au petit Marguery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Josephine

  • Betty(1992)

    as Laure

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Turn of the Screw(1992)

    as Mrs. Grose

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Weep No More, My Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Minna

  • Quiet Days in Clichy(1990)

    as Adrienne

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • TECX (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 13 episodes · as Isabelle Souverain

  • Mass in C Minor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Marie-Laure Villegrain

  • Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Florence Sr.

  • Manika, une vie plus tard(1989)

    as Sister Amanda

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 6 episodes · as Pauline de la Rochelle

  • Champagne Charlie(1989)

    as Thérèse

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Catherine

  • The Spider Labyrinth(1988)

    as Mrs. Kuhn

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Corps z'à corps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Edna Chabert

  • Les saisons du plaisir(1988)

    as Bernadette

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Faceless(1988)

    as Mrs. Sherman

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Cry of the Owl(1987)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Babette's Feast(1987)

    as Babette

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Un’isola (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 2 episodes · as Signora Lecoq

  • Follow My Gaze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as The wife of the couch potato

  • La gitane(1986)

    as Brigitte

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Night Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Janice

  • La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding(1985)

    as Matrimonia

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Cop au Vin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Madame Cuno

  • The Sun Also Rises (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 2 episodes · as Georgette

  • Mistral's Daughter(1984)

    Show 8 episodes · as Paula Deslandes

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows

  • The Blood of Others(1984)

    as Gigi

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Thieves After Dark(1983)

    as Isabelle's mother

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Scarlet Fever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Minon

  • Deadly Circuit(1983)

    as Germaine, the grey lady

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Elective Affinities (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Charlotte

  • Paradise for All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Édith

  • Le choc(1982)

    as Jeanne Faulques (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Boulevard des assassins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Francine

  • Coup de torchon(1981)

    as Huguette Cordier

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Brideshead Revisited(1981)

    Show 2 episodes · as Cara

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Le Beau Monde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Ariane

  • The Plouffe Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Mme Boucher

  • La Cage aux Folles II(1980)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Le coeur à l'envers(1980)

    as Jeanne

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Big Red One(1980)

    as Walloon

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Le Soleil en face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Geneviève

  • The Winner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Mme Hélène Dupré-Granval

  • Orient Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · as Maria von Pallberg

  • Eagle's Wing(1979)

    as The Widow

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Violette(1978)

    as Germaine Nozière

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Blood Relatives(1978)

    as Mme Lowery

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Death of a Corrupt Man(1977)

    as Christiane Dubaye

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Devil's Advocate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Contess Anne Di Sanctis

  • Silver Bears(1977)

    as Shireen Firdausi

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Twist(1976)

    as Claire

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Chi dice donna, dice donna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Mimì / Chantal

  • The Black Bird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Anna Kemidov

  • B. Must Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Susana

  • Vincent, François, Paul and the Others(1974)

    as Catherine, l'ex-femme de Vincent

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Ten Little Indians(1974)

    as Ilona Morgan

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Cry of the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Claire

  • How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Cécile Malempin

  • Wedding in Blood(1973)

    as Lucienne Delamare

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Dr. Bogdanovich

  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie(1972)

    as Alice Sénéchal

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • A Murder Is a Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Marie Kastner / Anne

  • As Far as Love Can Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as La femme de Michel

  • Without Apparent Motive(1971)

    as Hélène Vallée

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Just Before Nightfall(1971)

    as Hélène Masson

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Tatort(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Stephanie

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun(1970)

    as Anita Caldwell, ancienne amie de Dany

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Breach(1970)

    as Hélène Regnier

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Children of Mata Hari(1970)

    as Dominique

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Butcher(1970)

    as Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Unfaithful Wife(1969)

    as Hélène Desvallées

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Les Biches(1968)

    as Frédérique

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Champagne Murders(1967)

    as Jacqueline

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Line of Demarcation(1966)

    as La femme du Dr. Lafaye / Wife

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Blue Panther(1965)

    as Olga

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • La Muette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Actor

  • Six in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as The Mother (segment "La Muette")

  • Code Name: Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as La chanteuse d'opéra

  • Hard Boiled Ones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Rika Lormond

  • Bluebeard(1963)

    as Fernande Segret

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Sign of the Lion(1962)

    as La Patronne de l'Hôtel

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Third Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Hélène

  • Saint-Tropez Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Lucie

  • Wise Guys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Xavière, la danseuse

  • Les Bonnes Femmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Ginette

  • The Cousins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Françoise

  • Secrets of a French Nurse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Aline Monnier

  • Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Charlotte (voice)

  • Visages de Cinéma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as Soi-méme

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 103 titles, 102 of them dated from 1951 to 2018; peak year 1986.

Biggest box office

Madeline (1998)

$30M worldwide

Highest rated

Babette's Feast (1987)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Maximum Risk (1996)

Film career

19512018

Peak 1986 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 6 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1951Screen debut· Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak
  • 1968First top-billed film· Les Biches
  • 1987Career best· Babette's Feast

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting103 of 103: 103 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score48th

By decade

1950s3 · acting1960s15 · acting1970s28 · acting1980s34 · acting1990s13 · acting2000s8 · acting2010s1 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 13% of 48 roles
51667176818691

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Stéphane Audran's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 49; across their 44 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 44

Approval · how many liked their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 44

Reach · how many have seen their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 44

Midcredits score across 52 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up16
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th15
  • Below 25th12

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 52 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Universally Panned2
  • Crowd Pleaser20
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed22

Most divisive · actor

Le coeur à l'envers (1980)

84th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Babette's Feast (1987)

Midcredits 96th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 40 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Stéphane Audran's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 55 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles18–59 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 45 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 43 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 41 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Stéphane Audran work with?

People who share at least 2 of Stéphane Audran's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Claude Chabrol shares the most, 18.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles